Daily Prelims Notes 12 December 2022 Table Of Contents End to End Encryption Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha Designing nanoparticles to fight cancer cells Violation of Representation of Peoples Act 1951 Anonymity in rupee transaction Income tax regime Custom hiring center NHA building Health exchange platform Account aggregator […]
Koundinya wildlife sanctuary Subject : Environment Context: An 18-member herd of all female elephants from the forests of Gudiyattam and Pernambattu of Tamil Nadu are currently on the prowl in the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary zone in Chittoor district, apparently “in search of mates”. Concept: Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and an […]
Features of E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 Subject : Environment Context: Ministry has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 on 2nd November, 2022. These rules will replace E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and will be effective from 1st April, 2023. Concept: These rules will launch a new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime for e-waste recycling. […]
GIS based portals for environment scrutiny Subject: Environment Concept: PARIVESH portal (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub): It is a single-window integrated environmental management system for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and Coastal Regulation Zone clearances from […]
Migration and Development Report Subject :Economy Context: World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief titled, ‘Remittances Brave Global Headwinds’. Concept: Remittance denotes a sum of money sent by one party to another. These days, the term typically describes the money sent by someone working abroad to their family back home Highlights: World remittances […]
Record issuance of Commercial Pilot Licenses Subject: National organisation Context: A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday said that 1,081 CPLs had been issued in 2022 till December 6 and the number was likely to cross 1,100 by the year-end. Concept: The record issuance of Commercial Pilot […]
The paradox of the pandemic and its effects on Child immunisation Subject : Science and Technology Concept: The paradox of the pandemic is that while vaccines against Covid-19 were developed in record time and deployed in the largest vaccination campaign in history, routine immunisation programmes were badly disrupted, and millions of kids missed […]
GridMats Context: PotHoleRaja, officially known as Ground Reality Enterprises Pvt Ltd, have innovated and patented GridMats Concept: The GridMats have taken their honeycomb design from nature, are 40mm in thickness, reduce consumption of concrete by 85 per cent and carbon emissions by 80 per cent. Besides, they give the road effective drainage with […]
Focus on commercial use of NaVIC, ISRO’s future satellite to get two additional frequencies Subject: Science and Development Recent development in NaVIC- ISRO is introducing the L1 frequency in all its future satellites. The next satellites starting from NVS-01 onwards will have L1 frequency. Aim- To promote civilian use of NAVigation with Indian […]